At Sat, 16 Oct 1999, teresa hunt wrote:
>
>Gloria: I have taken over 150 laxatives/stoolsoftners in a 3 week period,
>on top of citrcel, bran, and read the fiber content on almost everything I
>eat and my bowels STILL won't move right. My GI says thats ok. He's the
>one who told to take all that. I go to pain mgmt Wed for the first time.
>None of my doctors will accept responsibility for the pain I am suffering
>and ALL (4 total) agree I should go to pain mgmt but "THINK" I can work too.
> If I don't eat the pain isn't so bad. NO diarrhea just SHORT HARD
>PAINFULLLLL bowel movements
>Toni: I am sorry to hear of pain and pray we are ALL better SOOON.
>Teresa
>
>>From: "randy and gloria mcdonald" <rgmcdon@pacificcoast.net>
>>Reply-To: adhesions@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
>>Subject: Re: bowel obstructions - Toni
>>Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:17:40 -0500
>>
>>Toni
>>I would be very concerned about taking that many laxatives a day. I have
>>been told by my dr. that if you take laxatives all the time that your
>>bowels
>>become too dependant on them and stop working properly by themselves. Is
>>there a reason why you can't use bran, fibre or other more natural methods
>>so that your bowels work properly? Why do you need to take laxatives? Is
>>there a reason your bowels don't work properly?
>>
>>I think this must be awful for you.
>>
>>Gloria
>>